linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] hpsa: export resettable_on

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Message-ID: <20110309063339.GB16951@cr0.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:33:39 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
Cc:	james.bottomley@...senpartnership.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, smcameron@...oo.com,
	thenzl@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] hpsa: export resettable_on_kexec host attribute

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 05:10:03PM -0600, Stephen M. Cameron wrote:
>From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
>
>This attribute, requested by Redhat, allows kexec-tools to know
>whether the controller can honor the reset_devices kernel parameter
>and actually reset the controller.  For kdump to work properly it
>is necessary that the reset_devices parameter be honored.  This
>attribute enables kexec-tools to warn the user if they attempt to
>designate a non-resettable controller as the dump device.
>
>Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>

Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Maybe we should docment this sysfs attribute somewhere?

Thanks.
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